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Given the wide use of chemicals in industry, farming and the home, there are frequent incidents involving chemicals in the UK and in other developed countries. The Health Protection Agency today reveals that it recorded 1,015 chemical incidents in England and Wales in 2007 – up five percent on the 2006 figures. Fires were the most common cause of chemical releases, accounting for 28 per cent of ...

Following a report of a well control problem at 12.15hrs on 25 March on the Elgin Well Head Platform and Rowan Viking Drilling Rig, the operator Total E&P UK Limited (Total), with assistance from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, has completed the evacuation of all crew. All personnel are reported safe with no injuries. The incident occurred during work to plug and abandon the well, which ...

Collection of data related to actual or potential incidents regarding HSE (health, safety and environment) or quality (HSEQ) is, at present, challenging and difficult. The result is that important data is not captured and taken hold of, which in turn causes unnecessary incidents that cost the public and the private sector a huge amount of money, and that expose employees to unnecessary risk. A ...

The threat of CBRN terrorism and HAZMAT incidences was demonstrated by the Fukushima 3/11 reactors meltdown, which left nearly 8% of the Japanese mainland contaminated and is expected to cost more than $40 billion to decontaminate. Global public outcry drove governments to impose strict safety regulations and accident recovery funding, which will raise the market for decontamination equipment ...

Report incidents and near misses when and where they occur – on the shop floor, in the warehouse, on the rig - or in any location. Safe in the knowledge the incident report is robust, the Rivo Incidents app helps you progress investigations and implement corrective actions faster. Key features include: ...

The Merichem Company has chosen the KMI EHS Suite for Incident and Corrective Action Management to address environmental, safety and physical security incident reporting and risk reduction. The Merichem system implementation will include integration with existing human resources systems for migration of employee information used in KMI automated OSHA reporting and labor hours for performance rate ...

INTELLITECT Water has launched a unique, highly innovative drinking water monitoring technology, the Intellisonde SA™, which provides remote, continuous access to tap water quality data. Historically, the normal response to any issues relating to tap water quality would be for a Water Company to dispatch a team of water samplers equipped with sample bottles and/or DPD test kits. There are four ...

While comprehensive EHS management is critical in almost any industry, businesses in the chemical sector face a unique array of challenges. Since dangerous chemicals have direct impacts on human health, carry the potential of compromising safety, and also -- improperly handled and contained -- can result in significant negative environmental impacts, proactive EHS management is just a part of ...

The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9), supported by the Energy Institute (EI), has published its first annual incident data report. This publication gives a comprehensive insight into the health and safety performance of the G9 members from 35 sites spread across the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The offshore wind industry has seen impressive growth in recent years as ...

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend traffic snarls and accidents, the US Fire Administration (USFA) and the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration, working in partnership with the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), have developed a report that provides technical guidance and training programs in traffic incident management for fire and ...

Our Monitor Pro software tools grew up providing data management solutions for the landfill industry, where we have been the industry standard for many years. Nowadays we provide systems globally to all sorts of facilities from huge mine sites to oil and gas companies, from Papua New Guinea to the foothills of the Andes. In addition to our standard products we also undertake bespoke development, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an emergency cleanup of elemental mercury at a residential home in the South 15th Ave. and Nob Hill neighborhood of Yakima, Washington. EPA worked closely with Yakima Health District and the Washington State Department of Ecology to complete the cleanup and ensure that public health and the environment were not harmed. An EPA contractor in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed an emergency cleanup of elemental mercury at a residential home in Banks, Oregon. EPA worked closely with state and local authorities to complete the cleanup and ensure that public health and the environment were not harmed. On April 16, EPA received a request for assistance from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality concerning a ...

The OSHAssociationUSA is happy to announce the 2015 winners of the safety industries most coveted award- The Zero Incident Workplace Safety Award. The award winning ceremony will take place in the evening of the first day of the safety conference and exhibition, July 15-17, 2015 at the Norris Conference Center, in Houston Texas. OSHAassociationUSA cause is to promote and reward companies in ...

On 14 August 2013, Shropshire farmer Stephen David Small, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates’ Court to causing the discharge of polluting matter, namely cattle slurry, into the River Teme at Steventon, near Ludlow, without an environmental permit. The 45 year old from Steventon Manor Farm, Ludlow was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £1,250 in costs. The charge was ...

Two workers in the Idaho Falls area were killed in separate incidents when the vehicles they were working under fell from their makeshift supports and crushed them. The incidents occurred within a two-week period and within three miles of one another. Since Sept. 1, 2014, five of the nine workplace deaths in Idaho involved workers who were crushed under or by vehicles. A mechanic performing ...

Crescent Point Energy selected KMI’s EHS Software as a Service (SaaS) solution after careful evaluation of each of the leading software providers. The decision to implement KMI was made based on several driving factors including ease-of-use, comprehensive and innovative system features, scalability to support Cresent Point’s aggressive growth strategy and the availability of default system ...

P&H Mining Equipment (P&H), a global leader in the manufacture and service of large excavating and drilling equipment has selected the Incident, Audit and Corrective Action Management systems from Knowledge Management Innovations, Ltd (KMI). P&H will roll the multi-language system out to all global manufacturing and service locations in North and South America, Africa, Asia and ...

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